The Nāṣirī Generations 225.2

225.2

After the decease of the august Sultan [I-yal-timish] between him and the feudatory of Lakhanawati-Lakhan-or, I-bak, by name, whom they used to style Aor Khan a Turk of great daring and impetuosity, enmity arose, and a battle took place between them for [the possession of] the town of Basan-kot of Lakhanawati, within the environs of the city of Lakhanawati itself. During the engagement, Malik Tughril-i-Tughan Khan pierced Aor Khan with an arrow in a mortal place, and he forthwith died. Tughril’s name became great [in consequence], and both sides of the country of Lakhanawati—the one part of which they style Ral [Ral’h] which is towards Lakhan-or, and the other is named Barind [Barindah] on the side of Basan-kot—became one, and came into Malik Tughril’s possession. When the throne of the kingdom passed to Sultan Raziyyat, Malik Tughril-i-Tughan Khan despatched some persons of note to the sublime Court, and he was dignified by being honoured with a canopy of state and standards and was paid high honour. He made an inroad into the country of Tirhut from Lakhanawati, and acquired much valuable booty.